World Briefing | Europe: Britain: 3 Charged In Tel Aviv Bombing

By Warren Hoge (NYT)

Published: May 9, 2003

Three of the six people detained by police over the weekend in connection with the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last week were charged with offenses under Britain's two-year-old anti-terrorism act and ordered to appear in a London court today. The three, two women and a man from Derby in the English Midlands, were identified as Paveen Akthor Sharif, 35, Tahari Shad Tabassum, 27, and Zahid Hussain Sharif, 46. A man and a woman arrested in Derbyshire and another man, arrested in London, were released. The bombing, which killed three people, was carried out by Asif Hanif, 21, a Briton from West London. A second Briton, Omar Khan Sharif, 27, of Derbyshire, fled after his body bomb failed to detonate and is still being sought by Israeli security forces. Warren Hoge (NYT)